Paxter Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 5 hours ago, TheLastWolf said: Paternity leave man! Expecting first child with Anushka. Nah I’m not blaming him or anything! It’s just that usually you would be able to go back to India and return soonish. With COVID that’s impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Paxter said: Nah I’m not blaming him or anything! It’s just that usually you would be able to go back to India and return soonish. With COVID that’s impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 So I'll make my periodic attempt to revitalise this thread. In the next couple of weeks we have: A 3-match ODI series between Aus and India A 3-match T20 series between NZ and WI A 3-match T20 series between SA and Eng Potentially a yawnfest but hey...some respite from a mostly cricket-less year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 The T20 series in South Africa is pretty swiftly followed by a 3 match ODI series. A shame there aren't any tests but we'll have to take what we can get. England are ringing the changes a little bit between the series so there's no Stokes and Archer for the T20s and then Woakes, Root (slightly strangely) and a few others are out for the ODIs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 India deserves the loss for including Saini instead of Natarajan. The latter's Yorkers took all the death over big wickets for SRH. Only because Saini was in RCB kohli took him. He could have taken Washington Sundar at least. And Maxwell and Finch flopped in the IPL for their respective teams of Punjab and RCB. But internationally... Mass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 India were fairly easily out-played in that one. Australia built a strong base and batted them out of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Apparently I read England’s ODI and T20 squads the wrong way round so it’s Archer and Stokes in the T20s and Root in the ODIs. That does make more sense. I don’t have BT Sport so I can’t watch any of the cricket in Australia but that looks like a disappointing score for India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Solid score for South Africa batting first but they didn't quite get away like they threatened to do with the De Kock and Du Plessis partnership going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Looks like England will chase this down. That Hendricks over went horribly wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 6 hours ago, TheLastWolf said: And Maxwell and Finch flopped in the IPL for their respective teams of Punjab and RCB. But internationally... Mass Forgot to mention - it was actually a pretty bad IPL for the majority of the Aussie players. Warner made 500+ runs but even he wasn't always on song. Cummins was brilliant. Stoinis was good. And the rest were all ordinary or poor (especially Maxwell with the bat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 I may have underestimated how good South Africa’s score was. England with a very strong looking batting lineup were really battling to get to 180 until the wheels came off for Hendricks in the 17th over. Good performance from Bairstow and a pretty good game overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 From the incoming ICC Chairman: Quote "Test cricket has got its legacy and I am a purist but I do accept that as much as I want to keep it as it is, less and less countries are able to afford that arrangement and are able to play it." Well, that sounds promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Depends how you read it. To me it sounds like Test cricket is going to get smashed/be low priority. I am assuming you think it is promising because it means other countries will get more funding to be able to afford to play more tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosi Mynn Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 hour ago, The Winged Shadow said: Depends how you read it. To me it sounds like Test cricket is going to get smashed/be low priority. I am assuming you think it is promising because it means other countries will get more funding to be able to afford to play more tests? I agree. It sounds like he likes Test cricket but is acknowledging that for a lot of countries it is not the top priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 hours ago, The Winged Shadow said: Depends how you read it. To me it sounds like Test cricket is going to get smashed/be low priority. I am assuming you think it is promising because it means other countries will get more funding to be able to afford to play more tests? I was assuming Paxter was being sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 5 hours ago, williamjm said: I was assuming Paxter was being sarcastic. Ding! Come on TWS, surely you know me better than to be optimistic about cricket administrators. A real purist would let test cricket end over their dead body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Malan and Buttler are putting South Africa to the sword here. I’m not too sure it would’ve made too much difference tonight but Rabada looks a big hole in this South African bowling lineup with the ODIs starting on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Great performance and epic cock up from Malan to miss out on his century! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 11:57 PM, TheLastWolf said: India deserves the loss for including Saini instead of Natarajan. The latter's Yorkers took all the death over big wickets for SRH. Only because Saini was in RCB kohli took him. He could have taken Washington Sundar at least. Natarajan looked pretty average today. I never get hyped about "good" bowler performance in T20. The format makes bowlers look better than they actually are since batters have to take so much risk and more often than not get themselves out. Pretty rare to see a T20 bowler transfer their success to ODI or test. Bumrah is probably the notable exception. edit: after Hazlewood, Cummins and Starc, the aussie fast bowling stock is full of T20 hacks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, The Winged Shadow said: Natarajan looked pretty average today. International debut. Pressure match. Pride match. Low on confidence due to Kohli persisting with his RCB team ate Saini. Bad luck due to drop(s), misfielding, inside edge etc. But yeah, not phenomenal debut but better than Saini. Who knows what might have happened if Natarajan was starting instead of Saini in first ODI? 33 minutes ago, The Winged Shadow said: Bumrah is probably the notable exception. World's number one across all formats of the game 34 minutes ago, The Winged Shadow said: edit: after Hazlewood, Cummins and Starc, the aussie fast bowling stock is full of T20 hacks... Plus++++..... Shardul Thakur was great. New to international... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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